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occurrence in cetaceans

Stranding is a phenomenon that has long fascinated people, and there is fossil evidence of mass
strandings from before humans evolved. Many stranded cetaceans are found already dead, and it is not known if they were alive and conscious when they stranded themselves. When a whale or dolphin dies offshore, it usually sinks; if the water is shallow enough to permit decomposition gases to form, it...